Article: Llano Hot Chips Update

David Kanter (dkanter@realworldtech.com) on 8/31/11 wrote:
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>AMD’s Hot Chips presentation delved into Llano, the first mainstream Fusion product,
>with details and results for power management. Previous disclosures painted a poor
>picture, which is far from the truth. Given the older CPU and GPU designs and time-to-market
>pressure, the results are quite good. Llano’s power management focuses on the most
>important aspects and is a solid foundation for future generations that will be much more power aware and optimized.
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>http://www.realworldtech.com/page.cfm?ArticleID=RWT083111130632
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>As always, we encourage feedback and discussions.
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>Regards,
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>David

The IPC improvements are mostly myth and Llano is a power hog compared to SB so I would argue that all the listed improvements are only for the purpose of not making it really bad.